State Watson's lemma giving an asymptotic expansion as λ→∞ for an integral of the form
I1=∫0Af(t)e−λtdt,A>0
Show how this result may be used to find an asymptotic expansion as λ→∞ for an integral of the form
I2=∫−ABf(t)e−λt2dt,A>0,B>0
Hence derive Laplace's method for obtaining an asymptotic expansion as λ→∞ for an integral of the form
I3=∫abf(t)eλϕ(t)dt
where ϕ(t) is differentiable, for the cases: (i) ϕ′(t)<0 in a≤t≤b; and (ii) ϕ′(t) has a simple zero at t=c with a<c<b and ϕ′′(c)<0.
Find the first two terms in the asymptotic expansion as x→∞ of
I4=∫−∞∞log(1+t2)e−xt2dt
[You may leave your answer expressed in terms of Γ-functions.]